On Wednesday July 14, 2021 members of the Ontario Provincial Police Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team, Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) in conjunction with the Central region Emergency Response Team (ERT), executed a Cannabis Act Warrant on Dale Rd, in the Municipality of Port Hope.
Investigators seized approximately 3850 cannabis marihuana plants worth an estimated value of $3,850 000.00 as well as over 800 lbs of processed cannabis.
As a result of the investigation, police arreste d and charged the following ten people:
Xiu LIN (age 61) of Scarborough
Yu Me CHEN (age 55) of Markham
Lin Xiu ZHEN (age 50) of Markham
Yan Fang YANG (age 48) of Markham
Yue Yzng GUAN (age 67) of no fixed address
Xiu Ya LIN (age 42) of Markham
Jiao Hua PENG (age 64) of no fixed address
Yu Shi GAO (age 32 years) of Scarborough
Xue Jing GAO (age 62) of no fixed address
Yo Xin CHEN (age 53) of Whitby
The accused parties have been charged with the following offences under the Cannabis Act:
Possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling
Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distributing
Unlawfully cultivate, propagate, or harvest cannabis not within a dwelling house
The ten accused parties are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on August 25th, 2021, in the Town of Cobourg.
Author: Pete Fisher
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